XANTHIC ACID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does xanthic acid mean? 

• XANTHIC ACID (noun)
  The noun XANTHIC ACID has 1 sense:

1. any of a class of unstable organic acids containing sulphur

  Familiarity information: XANTHIC ACID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• XANTHIC ACID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of a class of unstable organic acids containing sulphur

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("xanthic acid" is a kind of...):

acid (any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt)